ThermoFisherFEI Helios 5CX cryo-FIB/SEM

A state-of-the-art ThermoFisher FEI Helios 5CX cryo-FIB/SEM system equipped with C/Pt/W deposition, nanomanipulator, STEM detector, cryo-stage and inert transfer capability, Oxford EDS/EBSD with Aztec, Avizo 3D Slice and View imaging, and compressive sensing acceleration — enabling advanced specimen preparation and 3D/in-situ imaging for atomic resolution STEM and cryo-EM.

 

• C/Pt/W deposition
• Nanomanipulator
• STEM detector
• Cryo-stage and transfer
• Inert sample transfer to glovebox
• Oxford EDS/EBSD with Aztec
• Avizo 3D imaging – Slice and View
• Compressive Sensing acceleration

 

This new ~£2.5M EPSRC funded ThermoFisherFEI Helios 5CX cryo-FIB/SEM is a companion to the new AISTEM and provides for both specimen preparation and 3D/in-situ imaging capabilities.  A key capability of this cryo-FIB/SEM is to provide the ultimate in specimen preparation for both atomic resolution STEM and cryo-EM.  Workflows link to correlative optical imaging and to atomic scale STEM/TEM.  In addition, the3D slice and view capabilities provide for a larger area analysis that can be coupled directly with EBSD, EDS and with experiments performed in the in-situ liquid stage.